“I wanted to make a first film that opens our eyes to a taboo subject”

In France, 2.5 million people cannot read or write or have difficulty doing so. A handicap experienced by Kendji Girac, from the gypsy community and therefore on the roads throughout his childhood. His victory in The Voice in 2014 launched his career as a singer and very quickly he confided his secret to his team and caught up. It is this subject, illiteracy, that he chose to take his first steps as an actor.

He is, on Monday, September 5, on the bill of Champion on TF1. A TV movie that tells the story of Zac, a young carpenter who works with his father and who hides his inability to read and write from everyone around him. When he will have to take over the reins of the family business, the problem will become a major obstacle. Kendji Girac explains at the microphone of Célyne Baÿt-Darcourt, that he wants to get involved today to help illiterate people.